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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Shinichi Eguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Katsumata, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Chiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhide Ushita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Kamata, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiro Matsuhashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Inaoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Eiichi Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Naoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunji Sakane, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazunori Yamamoto, Maebashi, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A data medium handling apparatus and a data medium handling method suitable for use for handling of documents, for example, in a financial organ. The data medium handling apparatus ( ) for recognizing, based on an image ( ) read from a data medium on which information is described in an arbitrary format, the information, is constructed such that it comprises means ( ) for extracting characteristics unique to the data medium including the format from the read image data ( ) and specifying, from the characteristics, a position at which information to be recognized is present, and image recognition means ( ) for recognizing the image ( ) at the position specified by the preceding means ( ) to discriminate the information, so that the data medium handling apparatus ( ) can handle documents having various formats such as private slips.